Sculpture en Plein Air

Cat. No. 1305, unique variant 3

Sculpture en Plein Air

State/Variant:
Only state, unique variant
Date:
2007
Themes
Abstraction, Spirals
Techniques
Aquatint
Support:
Paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 47 1/2 × 34" (120.7 × 86.4 cm)
Signature:
"LB" lower right comp., pencil.
Publisher
Osiris
Printer
Wingate Studio
Edition:
Unique
Edition Information:
This is one of 5 unique variants that incorporate the plate in Untitled, 2007, seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram. In 2 of these unique variants, the plate is printed with another plate, seen in a second Untitled, 2007, composition, in Related Works in the Catalogue. When the plate is printed alone, the work appears in the Evolving Composition Diagram; with it is printed with the second plate, it appears in Related Works in the Catalogue.

See Evolving Composition Diagram:
Untitled
"Mirror Couple"
"Mirror Mirror"
"Sculpture en Plein Air"

See Related Works in the Catalogue:
Untitled
“Je Tombe dans tes Bras”
"The Encounter"
Impression:
Not numbered
Background:
Benjamin Shiff, the director of the Osiris imprint, collaborated with Bourgeois in a highly experimental phase of printmaking that occupied the last years of her life, from 2005 to 2010. He first established a working relationship with the artist in the 1990s, but the late period is particularly noteworthy for the innovative and complex large-scale projects that evolved at that time. Shiff made use of professional workshops for printing, but he oversaw the creation of the printing plates as Bourgeois worked on them in her home studio. He also provided assistance as she added extensive hand additions and texts, and as she combined individual compositions into multi-panel works and illustrated books.
Curatorial Remarks:
The plate size, paper type, and color of the hand additions could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person. The sheet dimensions were provided by the Louise Bourgeois Studio.
Description:
Aquatint, with watercolor, gouache, and pencil additions, and paper collage
Inscription:
"Sculpture en plein air" lower left to lower middle comp., pencil, artist's hand.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

Mirror Couple ; Mirror Mirror ; Sculpture en Plein Air

2007

States
Untitled
Unique Variants
Mirror Couple
Mirror Mirror
Sculpture en Plein Air

Related Works in the Catalogue

Mirror
The Encounter
A Mirror of Me!!!
Untitled
Je Tombe dans tes Bras
Mirror for Red Room

Related Works in Other Mediums

Mirror for Red Room
Cell (Twelve Oval Mirrors)
Mirror
Untitled (Mirror)
Untitled (Mirror)
Untitled (Chair and Three Mirrors)